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2012-13 Wrestling

Alex Medved

  • Height:
    0-0
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Marietta, Ga.

Summary

Biography

2011-12 at Gardner-Webb: Recorded anoverall record of 19-10 on the season ... Tied for the team leadwith 19 wins on the year ... Was 13-5 overall in dual match action... Also went 5-2 in Southern Conference action on the season ...Tallied a season-high 10 match winning streak on the year ...Posted four pins for the season and four major decision wins on theyear ... Posted a fall at 4:56 over Irvin Buck of NCCC at the UBQuad Meet ... Recorded a fall at 1:21 over Zack Wawrzyniak-Bush ofMillersville and a 1:08 over Dan Hageman of Davidson in dual matchaction ... Also earned a pin over Pierre Frazile of the Citadel inthe first round of the 2012 Southern Conference Championships ...Went 3-1 at the 2011 Navy Classic with wins over Ray Schlitt ofBucknell, Johnny Watson of Navy and Frazile of the Citadel ...Earned wins over Kenny Stank of Shippensburg and Colton Palmer ofNorth Carolina State at the Wolfpack Open ... Also posted a 9-0major decision win over Kyle Lowman of SIUE in dual match action atthe Wolfpack Open ... Posted major decision wins over ImmanuelKerr-Brown of Duke, 11-3, and Daniel Luty of Campbell, 13-2, indual match competition ... Recorded wins over Sawyer Morris ofIndiana, 7-2, and Harrison Hightower of Ohio, 3-1, in home dualmeet action ... Also scored an 11-4 win over Ted Gottwald of VMI atthe Southern Conference Championships ... Went 1-0 at 165 poundswith a 13-8 win over Joseph Maumoynier of Belmont Abbey in theseason opener ... Was ranked 18th overall at 157 pounds inthe Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine's 2011-12Preseason Tournament Power Index rankings .... Also ranked 20thoverall at 157 pounds in the Amateur WrestlingNews NCAA Division I preseason rankings ... Was ranked14th overall in the Atlantic Region preseason rankings at 157pounds by Wrestlingreport.com ... Earned a spoton the 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2010-11 at Gardner-Webb:
 Took first-place at the157-pound class at the 2011 East Regional Championships ... Went1-2 overall at the 2011 NCAA National Championships ... Recorded anoverall record of 29-11 at 157 on the year ... Posted an 18-4 dualmatch record on the season ... Totaled a team-high 29 wins on theyear ... Also posted a team-high eight major decision wins ... Tiedfor the team lead with five pin fall victories ... Also recorded ateam-high 11 match winning streak on the season ... Tookthird-place at the 2010 Davidson Open, posting a 5-1 record for theopen meet ... Posted a pin fall win at 0:47 over Kyle Toth ofMillersville at the East Regional Duals ... Recorded a pin fall winover Darien Peele of Campbell at 3:07 in dual match action ...Scored a pin fall win at 3:40 over Jared Presley of Chattanooga atthe Davidson Open ... Recorded a pin fall win at 2:55 over JakeMcKay of UNC Pembroke at the Davidson Open ... Also earned a pinfall win over William Powell of Appalachian State at 2:43 at theSouthern Scuffle ... Scored a 13-4 major decision win over NicholasGiulette of Anderson University ... Posted a major decision win at11-2 over John Blakely of Appalachian State at the Davidson Open... Recorded major decision wins over Collin Fuller of Olivet, 8-0,and over Ryan Harding of Duke, 17-5, in dual match action ... Went3-0 at 157 at the East Regional Duals ...Defeated Josh Condon ofChattanooga 4-3 in the consolation round at the NCAA Division INational Championships ... Earned a spot on the 2010-11 BigSouth Presidential Honor Roll.

2009-10 at Gardner-Webb: 
Recorded a 22-16 record onthe season ... Posted a 12-8 record in dual meet competition ...Was second on the team with 22 wins on the year ... Tied for theteam lead with 12 wins in dual meet action ... Tied for theteam-high in technical fall wins with two on the year ... Second onthe team with six pin fall wins ... Tied for third on the team withfour major decision victories ... Competed for GWU at 157 all yearlong ... Posted a season-high six match winning streak ... Tookthird-place at 157 at the 2010 East Regional Championships, pickingup a pin fall win over Jake Fose of Campbell at 2:15 ... Tookthird-place in the 157-pound weight class at the 2009 Davidson Open... Posted a 2-2 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the2009 Hokie Open ... Picked up an 11-8 win over Joe Munno at 157against VMI ... Tallied a 13-2 major decision win over MattGittleman of Franklin & Marshall ... Secured a 3:53 pin fallwin over Joe McGinley of Davidson in dual match action ... Pickedup a 9-1 major decision win over Alejandro Soto-Perez of UNCGreensboro ... Defeated Taylor Knapp of No. 15 Virginia Tech 6-3 indual meet action ... Recorded a 17-2 technical fall win at 5:58over Sean Smith of N.C. State in the home opener ... Grabbed a pinfall win over Darien Peele of Campbell at 5:29 at the East RegionalDuals ... Picked up a 17-5 major decision win over Alex Martinez inGWU's win over Duquesne ... Secured a 20-5 technical fall win overSpencer Jasper of Duke in dual meet competition ... Also had winsat 157 over Campbell, Utah Valley and Belmont Abbey.

2008-09 at Gardner-Webb: Redshirted...Went0-2 at the Southern Scuffle wrestling unattached.

High School:
 Recorded a 189-36 mark at Harrison H.S.... Won the state championship his senior season ... Four-timestate qualifier ... Three time region champion ... Two-time CobbCounty champion ... Three-time Team Georgia member ... Two-timeteam captain ... Atlanta Journal andMariettaDaily Journal Wrestler of the Year in 2008... Marietta Daily Journal Wrestler of the Yearin 2006 ... Honor roll member.

Personal:
 Born February 18, 1990 in Marietta, Ga. ...Son of Steve and Chris Medved ... Brother Ryan is also on the GWUwrestling team ... Majoring in Biology.

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